Thursday, October 25, 2007

Enemies - Who will it be next?

"Paranoia is the delusion that your enemies are organized."
- Arthur D. Hlavaty

“We will disrupt the attacks on our forces. We will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq.”
- President George W. Bush

The current President of the United States is on a literal warpath. First Afghanistan, then Iraq, and now Iran. All for the reason of taking out some supposed “Axis of Evil.”
The reason for Afghanistan was 9/11. This war started by counterattacking an enemy faction. It had a purpose, if not a somewhat contradictory one. “You attack us, we fight back” –the typical war.
Next came Iraq. We were in the area; why not flush out the enemy of our president’s father? In order to justify the occupation of this country, we deemed a section of the world the “Axis of Evil.” If we don’t agree with you, you’re our enemy and must be flushed out. The enemies are everywhere in the Middle East, according to Bush. They’re in Afghanistan, no wait! They’re in Iraq! Oh, now they’re in Iran! National Security, sniffing out the enemy, striking first – aren’t these all ways of saying paranoia? Where are the enemies besides everywhere?
Now Iran. We think you may be supplying our enemies with forces and weapons, says our government. According to an article by the New York Times, “‘They're training to kill coalition forces,’ said one senior American counterterrorism official, speaking on condition of anonymity. ‘Their comments about wanting to see a stable Iraq are belied by this type of activity.’” Another senior administration official referred the arrest of five Iranians in Iraq whom the Americans accused of running guns and planning sectarian attacks. All of these attributions are by anonymous sources. Anonymous sources are often not credible – if real at all.
America is attacking countries that have an agenda, according to our government. Don’t we, in fact, have an agenda against these countries?
Attacking Iran is as reasonless as attacking Iraq. The president’s reasoning is atomic weapons. Is he afraid they will be irresponsible with weapons? Did America not accidentally ship six nuclear weapons in September to the wrong military base and not even notice for six hours? Why are America’s allies, such as Israel – also a middle-eastern country – allowed to have nuclear weapons?

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